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A dispute over the future of Florida A&M basketball has led to the postponement of contract negotiations between the school and its new coach.<\/p>\n

Monday\u2019s Board of Trustees meeting<\/a> was already planned to approve Patrick Crarey’s new three-year, $450,000 contract<\/a>. The university announced him as the school\u2019s head men\u2019s basketball coach on April 17.<\/p>\n

He was supposed to take over the program July 1. That date is now uncertain.<\/p>\n

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Trustee Kelvin Lawson cited reports<\/a> of Crarey dismissing players prior to Monday\u2019s meeting. The allegation would mean FAMU violated NCAA rules.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was brought to my attention that the coach was on campus and working with students prior to the employment agreement, which is not only an NCAA violation, but also a Title 9 violation,” said Lawson.<\/p>\n

Local pastor Julius McAllister of Bethel AME wrote a letter<\/a> to FAMU on Sunday, June 23, expressing concerns after his son was dismissed from the team.<\/p>\n

“I expressed to Coach Crarey that I thought that his decision was egregious and that it didn\u2019t line up with the university\u2019s credo,” McAllister said in a letter to Florida A&M President Larry Robinson.<\/p>\n

In the letter, McAllister said Crarey and the athletics department, took back scholarships and removed 16 players from the basketball team.<\/p>\n

“The dismissal was administered unprofessionally and void of even a modest concern for the well-being of our students whom we famously claim to \u201ccare\u201d for,” Rev. McAllister wrote.<\/p>\n

Florida A&M Athletics Director Tiffani-Dawn Sykes argued FAMU has not violated NCAA rules, because Crarey has been \u201cworking on campus voluntarily.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a volunteer employment agreement that was completed on behalf of this coach in April,” Sykes said during Monday’s BOT meeting.<\/p>\n

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“There are no NCAA rules that limit a coach’s ability whether they are a volunteer employee or a compensated employee, especially due to the modernization of NCAA rules as it relates to volunteer coaches.\u201d<\/p>\n

FAMU\u2019s new coach is slated to make roughly $175,000 annually, but the board says without knowing more about the volunteer contract, they\u2019re not comfortable moving forward with a multi-year deal.<\/p>\n

The FAMU BOT will set another meeting in the next few weeks. <\/p>\n

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